Cua-relay Luxembourg shocked at Tour de France.
Stage 9 has a 193km route across the border from Aigle, Switzerland to Chatel, France. The crabs must conquer the four mountains and climb continuously for nearly 4km to reach the destination.
About six miles south, Jungels went up on their own to lead the race. In the last stages, the first racers on the finish line are nearly as 0n. As of yesterday, Jungels arrived at the destination of time four four minutes four four seconds, leading before the man of Jonathan Castroviejo of the Inadiers Grenadiers to 22.
At La Port de Soleil ski resort on the French border, about 20 kilometers from the finish line, Thibaut Pinot of the Groupama-FDJ team narrowed the gap with Jungels, but also quickly gave up. He also fell to fourth, behind Carlos Verona and Castro Viejo and 40 seconds behind Zhungeers.
The first time Jungels won a race since the title of Luxembourg in 2019, and was the first victory at Worldtour after four years. Jungels was also the first Luxemburg crab winning the tour de France, since Andy Schleck finished the first target at Galibier in 2011. "You will never believe it until it happens. It's hard to roll in. The first destination, ”the 29-year-old crab said after the first return at Chatel.
Jungels spent two years of hard years of diagnosis diagnosed with pulmonary sclerosis which had rare blood thinners to the leg. The AG2R-Citroen team had to have surgery and missed Tour de France and Olympic years ago. "It took me a lot of time to get back after the surgery, which proves that I was wrong," you said.
Jungels also tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the match in Copenhagen on July 7. However, Zhungeer was still available to play after a team of doctors checked and determined his viral load was low enough to play. As a result, Jungels also has an intriguing title, becoming the first Covid-positive cyclist to be allowed to compete in the 2022 Tour de France.
"I tested on Thursday morning, and the results later showed that I could play on Friday. Everything was very close. Fortunately I was still allowed to play and present here," Jungels said. The 29 -year -old racer said he had no symptoms, completely healthy and respect all the judgments of experts and doctors.
"No more Covid-19-19-19, no more problems of circuitry, Jungels seem to be back in the form and model," Cycling Weekly magazine.
Yesterday, defending champion Tadej Pogacar only finished fifth, but kept his yellow shirt with a total time of 33 hours, 43 minutes and 44 seconds. The Slovenian cyclist currently leads Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma by 39sec and Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers by 1min 17sec. Meanwhile, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) still kept the blue jersey with 284 points, while Simon Geschke won the red jersey from Magnus Cort (Education-Easy Post).
Today, Tour de France 2022 will take a break and return to the 10th stage with a route of 148.5km from Morzine to Megeve tomorrow 12/7.
